Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel condemned the energy blockade imposed by Washington during a message regarding the anniversary of the Ministry of the Interior and in homage to the 95th birthday of the historic leader Raúl Castro.

At the political and cultural event held at the Karl Marx Theater, the head of state highlighted the importance of Army General Raúl Castro Ruz in the founding of Cuban security services.

Díaz-Canel highlighted the revolutionary leader’s clear vision in signing, at just 27 years old, the order to create the Secret Service Corps in the Second Eastern Front, the foundation of the current Minint on June 6, 1961.

The president described Raúl Castro as a statesman of international stature, promoter of the Proclamation of Latin America and the Caribbean as a Zone of Peace, and recalled his fundamental role as a mediator in the Colombian peace dialogues, as well as his facilitation in the historic meeting between the leaders of the Catholic and Russian Orthodox churches.

In his message, Díaz-Canel detailed the impact of the economic genocide carried out by Washington, exemplified by the energy blockade imposed on January 29, which limited the country’s supply to a single fuel ship in five months.

The Cuban president condemned the White House directive of May 1, designed to sanction international corporations and criminalize the operations of the Business Administration Group (GAE).

Diaz-Canel also denounced that this financial persecution, together with the siege against medical cooperation brigades, seeks to suffocate state revenues and dismantle public health.

During his speech, Díaz-Canel dismantled the opinion matrices generated by anti-Cuban groups in Florida, who try to position the matrix of a “failed state.”

Similarly, he categorically denied media falsehoods that speculate about the establishment of Russian or Chinese military bases in the Caribbean territory to create pretexts for armed intervention.

The president paid tribute to the 32 Cuban combatants fallen in Venezuela on January 3, 2026, and praised the bravery of five members of the Border Guard Troops, who neutralized a recent armed terrorist incursion with caches of war supplies.

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